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Gaza’s civil defense agency Friday reported deadly air strikes around Kamal Adwan Hospital in the territory’s north as well as “direct fire” on the health facility, which the Israeli army firmly denied.
Several witnesses described intense bombings in the vicinity of the hospital.
“There was a series of air strikes on the northern and western sides of the hospital, accompanied by intense and direct fire,” said hospital director Hossam Abu Safieh, adding that four staff were killed. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2582028/middle-eastGaza Health Ministry urges international community to halt Israel aggression on hospitals https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241206-gaza-health-ministry-urges-international-community-to-halt-israel-aggression-on-hospitals/
US mercenary firms compete for ‘huge contracts’ to control security in north Gaza: Report
Infamous Pentagon contractors Constellis and Orbis are the front-runners to take over for the Israeli army once the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in north Gaza comes to a halt
“In order to circumvent the legal obstacles, the security services are examining bringing in external funding from humanitarian aid organizations or foreign countries for the [mercenary firms], which costs tens of millions of dollars to operate,” the report adds.
Since the start of the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, the Israeli government has turned to mercenaries to overcome an enlistment crisis. This includes cooperation with German intelligence to recruit asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria. https://thecradle.co/articles/us-mercenary-firms-compete-for-huge-contracts-to-control-security-in-north-gaza-reportEx-Secret Service Agent Warns Trump Is Not Safe Ahead of Inauguration Day https://www.dailyfetched.com/ex-secret-service-agent-warns-trump-is-not-safe-ahead-of-inauguration-day/
National Police Association ‘strongly endorses’ Kash Patel for FBI director
“We are confident that under his stewardship, the FBI will thrive in its vital mission to protect and serve the American people,” the group says https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/national-police-association-strongly-endorses-kash-patel-fbi-directorAfter capturing Hama, terrorists plan to cut off Damascus from Russian bases in Latakia https://en.topcor.ru/54306-posle-zahvata-hamy-terroristy-planirujut-idti-na-homs-i-otrezat-damask-ot-rossijskih-baz-v-latakii.html
Thousands flee Homs as Syrian militants push on lightning offensive https://www.arabnews.com/node/2582013/middle-east
Al-Tanf: The US stronghold in Syria and how it safeguards Israel
The US coalition’s mission against ISIS quickly transformed into a broader strategy to occupy parts of Syria, with the Al-Tanf base being crucial for securing influence and supporting Israeli interests amidst increasing local resistance. https://thecradle.co/articles/al-tanf-the-us-stronghold-in-syria-and-how-it-safeguards-israelWith glee… Israel Preparing For Possibility Of Syrian State Collapse https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-preparing-possibility-syrian-state-collapse
Meryl Nass MD, Israel’s war on Gaza: a broad range of international media tell the same story. Surely, the photos don’t lie.
I am proud to be a Jew. I am ashamed and appalled at what the Israeli government is doing in my name and with my tax dollars. This is my effort to stop them. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/israels-war-on-gaza-a-broad-rangeDamascus has folded without a fight this morning. There are now at least 4 armed groups without a common enemy in Syria. Some Syrian Arab Army forces crossed into Iraq and surrendered to Iraqi army units. Some units are moving towards Russian navy and airbases of Tartus and Latakia to regroup. Was Assad shot down, or did he get away? Israeli forces have crossed into Syria “to create a buffer zone”. Turkish forces have entered Syria to attack (CIA asset) Kurdish forces.
Trump, Zelensky and Macron met in Paris at the re-opening of Notre Dame, and Trump says Zelensky is ready to sign a peace agreement, as Russian advances continue. The Prophecy Has Begun To Unfold Trump Calls For Peace Kurakhove On The Brink MS For 2024.12.08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B2O5UJ4Pf8Caitlin Johnstone is not joking: Assad Is Out, Woke Al-Qaeda Is In https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/assad-is-out-woke-al-qaeda-is-in
‘Not Our Fight!’: Trump Weighs In On Syria’s Unraveling
“Opposition fighters in Syria, in an unprecedented move, have totally taken over numerous cities, in a highly coordinated offensive, and are now on the outskirts of Damascus, obviously preparing to make a very big move toward taking out Assad,” he began the statement on Truth Social.
Trump emphasized that Washington should stay completely out, calling the situation a “mess” and that it is “not our fight”. He posted the same message on X.
It alludes to Russia’s inability to continue protecting Syria, given it is bogged down in the nearly three year long Ukraine war, while also blasting former President Obama’s past Syria policies and that he laid down ‘red lines’...
A big question is: what comes next? While HTS has morphed from Syrian Al-Qaeda, it is trying to present to the West a softer image, claiming that it will protect minorities including Christians. However, its recent past clearly demonstrates that it rules territories under its control with Taliban-style force and brutality.
Much of the nation’s population until now has stuck with Assad given the alternative is Somalia-style fracturing and rule by competing jihadist warlords. One thing is for sure: Trump will inherent dealing with an absolute tragic mess in Syria, the heartland of the Middle East, upon his opening days in office.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/not-our-fight-trump-weighs-syrias-unravelingIn 5 years, the Turks have created a full-fledged army from all sorts of terrorist rabble, which is capturing Syria https://en.topcor.ru/54311-turki-za-5-let-iz-vsjakogo-terroristicheskogo-sbroda-sozdali-polnocennuju-armiju-kotoraja-zahvatyvaet-siriju.html
Erdogan wishes good luck to terrorists in Syria
The Turkish president has expressed hope that the jihadists continue their march to Damascus https://www.rt.com/news/608840-erdogan-wishes-luck-jihadists-syria/Chasing that led here: Apocalypse to begin in 2025, predicts Baba Vanga; know about her prophecies https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/apocalypse-to-begin-in-2025-predicts-baba-vanga-know-about-her-prophecies-124071200785_1.html
And this: Baba Vanga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Vanga
There’s lots more. Putin’s not dead yet, though: https://www.foxla.com/news/baba-vanga-2024-predictions
I excerpt this bland statement, Not saying “we will fight to the death for Syria”: Gilbert Doctorow: Transcript of Press TV panel discussion on Syrian crisis, 6 December
The trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq and Syria had three messages. First, a message of support to the nation and government of Syria in their fight against Takfiri terrorist groups, which are carrying out attacks in Syria as part of an American-Israeli conspiracy. Second message is that the threat of terrorism in Syria is a threat to the whole region and resurgence of terrorist groups like Daesh can endanger other regional countries.
Third message is that there should be no discrimination in fighting terrorism and fighting terrorists in Syria is an international obligation. Therefore, countries that are silent regarding the spread of terrorism in Syria are supported, are responsible and must answer why they only fight terrorists where it serves their interests and ignore them at other places. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/12/07/transcript-of-press-tv-panel-discussion-on-syrian-crisis-6-december/Jihadists Reach Outskirts Of Damascus Amid Likely Transition Of Power Deal, Assad’s Fate Uncertain
There are widespread reports that jihadist forces under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and which are backed by Turkey have entered key districts of Homs in central Syria, and other convoys have already reached the outskirts of Damascus.
Very little fighting has actually taken place, with the Syrian Army peeling back from position after position, and with heavy equipment including tanks seen being transported to the capital or in other instances to the coast. ZeroHedge’s contacts in Damascus strongly suggest a transition of power deal has already been made.
External discussions are centered in Doha, and some premature and unverified reports have claimed President Bashar al-Assad has already flown out of the country; however, Syrian state SANA on Saturday sought to refute these reports, saying he is still in Damascus.
Iranian advisers and IRGC officers have departed Damascus. This also partly explains why Syrian national forces have not put up much of a fight.
Unverified social media reports further say that anti-Assad forces have essentially been able to walk into suburban or countryside areas of the capital with no resistance. Again, what points to the likely reality of a secret deal which allows Assad’s safe exit and that of his top officials is the fact that all of this is happening without much bloodshed...
..Whatever happens next, it is becoming clear that the Baathist Syrian state under the Assad family, which goes back to 1970 when Hafez Assad first emerged in power, will never be the same again – and is coming to a fast end.
Many Christian, Alawite, and Sunni ruling families in the capital area are fleeing to the Lebanese border, not waiting around to take their chances under Taliban-style rule, despite dubious claims that HTS plans to respect ‘diversity’ and pluralism...
..Regional war correspondent Elijah Magnier observes, “It looks like what will remain of the old Syria will be limited to Homs, for now, and on longer term Latakia – Tartous only. Lebanon should think about defended its borders. People in Damascus should think of their future in the next 24-48 hours.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/jihadists-reach-outskirts-damascus-amid-likely-transition-power-deal-assads-fate Europe’s center is not holding
The collapse of the government in France and the ruling coalition in Germany spells continued crises — and don’t think war has nothing to do with it. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/france-barnier-macron/ Finian Cunningham, The elitist tyranny of “Western democracy” is exposed and crumbling
The visit to China this week by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was another revealing fiasco. The obsessively anti-Russia Baerbock landed in Beijing not to prioritize improving trade relations with the European Union’s biggest global partner but rather to browbeat China with tedious allegations that it was helping Russia’s war effort in Ukraine…
..Understandably, the Chinese authorities were not pleased by Baerbock’s insolence and gave her short shrift. She was snubbed by China’s foreign minister Wang Yi not affording a customary joint press conference after more than three hours of discussions. In a separate statement, China again rejected claims that it was aiding Russia militarily in Ukraine…
..The entire European Union has been captured by Atlanticist elites who have imposed policies that serve hegemonic Western interests and not the interests of ordinary citizens. That’s a definition of treason.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen are some of the other bought-and-paid-for politicians who embody the Atlanticist tyranny. Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is now NATO secretary-general (sinecures and pay-offs are us), and Polish Premier Donald Tusk are other examples. The feeble Danish, Finnish, Swedish and Baltic leaders are also part of the U.S. vassals club.
Imbued with elitist ideology and deep-seated Russophobia, seduced by bribery, or coerced by the CIA blackmail, all these political prostitutes have been played to betray the interests of European citizens and to make life for the masses incredibly harsh. Russian energy has been cut off leaving European economies shattered. Germany is the most salient case in point where its vital auto industries are collapsing due to higher energy costs.
Another absurd elitist puppet is Kaja Kallas, the former Estonian Premier, who is now the European Union’s foreign minister, taking over from that other Atlanticist tool, Josep Borrell. On her first day in office this week, Kallas visited Kiev to pledge more financial and military aid for the corrupt NeoNazi regime. That’s right. She goes to a NeoNazi regime whose expired president canceled elections, imprisons opposition politicians, censors critical, independent media, and forces military conscription on citizens who want the conflict with Russia to end. Don’t you think Kallas would have been better visiting the EU’s biggest trade partner, China, to repair relations?
While in Kiev, Kallas coordinated with Germany’s Baerbock in Beijing by repeating baseless condemnation of China for its strategic partnership with Russia. https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/12/06/the-elitist-tyranny-of-western-democracy-is-exposed-and-crumbling/ A constructive signal to Russia. US Bill Would Reverse ATACMS Order
A bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) would prohibit the U.S. from sending long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine to be fired into Russia. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-bill-would-reverse-atacms-order Among other news, Dima asserts that Russia and Iran have had to make political deals to protect their interests in Syria, and will not act heroically with the blood of their citizens to bail out a regime which is only partly supported by its own army. Russian advances in Ukraine/Novorussiya continue at a rapid pace.
The Battle For PokrovskRussia Shifted Focus From Syria To UkraineMilitary Summary 2024.12.7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR1JPkvSzJc The first 6:30 min. of Dima’s subsequent post details that Turkish-backed HTS (ISIS-rebrand) have walked into Homs, cutting Damascus from the coast, that all Syrian military are withdrawing to Damascus, and that all various mercenaries are also heading towards Damascus. Sergey Lavrov has met with foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey “to assure that terrorists are not allowed to take control of Syria”, but what can they mean in this context? Russian ships are out at sea, not at Latakia. Additionally there is a prophecy from a 20th century blind Bulgarian prophetess that “The world will be divided by war when Damascus falls in the year of the dragon”, which is 2024…
Cold War IIAncient ProphecyThe Russians Advance Towards PokrovskMilitary Summary For 2024.12.07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvCFwszFivsRapid Transition https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/rapid-transition
To spill the beans up front, it looks as if Russia and Iran are not going to be investing blood in the Assad government, which has been deserted by most military units, already. There appears to be a negotiated transition of power underway to the rebranded ISIS >> HTS “moderate terrorists” with a much improved PR department and management structure. Christians and other non-Sunni groups are fleeing for their lives to Lebanon. Other armies are also in play. This is just beginning.
I composed this news over the past 24 hours. The rapidity of the change in Syria in that time will be apparent. What will the new regional structures be?Gilbert Doctorow presents 30 minutes worth watching, which I excerpted yesterday. This comes from the core of Russian strategic decision-making, in excellent English.
CNN interview with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov: compelling for those who want to think for themselves
Within the context of Russia’s ongoing information offensive, we now have the 30-minute CNN interview with Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Ryabkov which came out a day ago in its full version.
This interview is outstanding in every way. It is especially valuable for explaining Russia’s disparagement of what we know of Trump’s plans for ending the war very quickly by use of threats and blandishments to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine. Per this official Russian position, a settlement is possible only if the core security concerns of Russia are addressed, meaning a settlement addressing the European security architecture and not merely a ceasefire, a frozen conflict, and other nonsense contained so far in what the Trump entourage is touting…
..First, let me remind you that Sergei Ryabkov is a fluent English speaker who spent more than three years in Washington as an advisor to the Russian ambassador (2003-2005). As his career progressed, he served as director of the ministry’s department on cooperation with Europe. Later as Deputy Minister from 2008, Ryabkov has had responsibility for arms control and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This is to say that his long-time work experience is directly relevant to the present crisis situation between Russia and the Collective West that is being played out in Ukraine.
Ryabkov is the official who crafted and presented the ultimatum to NATO in December 2021 over the need to roll back the NATO European presence to what it was at the end of the Cold War, before the alliance expanded eastward under Bill Clinton. The refusal early in the new year by Washington and Brussels to enter into negotiations over the Russian demands led directly to the launch of the Special Military Operation and invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with Russia determined to win by force of arms what it could not achieve by diplomacy. https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/cnn-interview-with-russian-deputyJohn Helmer drills into Ryabkov’s position. JCS CHIEF GENERAL CHARLES BROWN JUST PROVED THAT NOTHING SHORT OF UKRAINE’S SURRENDER IS NEGOTIABLE WITH THE US — THAT’S CAPITULATION, NOT NEGOTIATION
The source believes “the talks will work differently. The Russians will come to the table with the December 2021 draft treaty. Everyone has forgotten that.” But not Putin in his June 14 speech. “Let us recall the idea of a European security treaty, which we proposed in 2008. In December 2021, a memorandum from the Russian Foreign Ministry was submitted to the United States and NATO, addressing the same issues. However, all our repeated attempts (it is impossible to list them all) to convince our partners, as well as our explanations, appeals, warnings and requests, met with no response. Western countries, confident not so much in the righteousness of their cause as in their power and ability to impose whatever they wish on the rest of the world, simply disregarded other perspectives. At best, they proposed discussions on less significant matters (that did little to resolve the actual problems), or matters that only benefitted the West.”
What the source means — also what Putin meant on June 14; what Ryabkov has announced again; and what Gerasimov intended to test when he telephoned Brown — remains the fundamental Russian position: the Americans, they believe, represent nothing but deceit: the US cannot be trusted to negotiate in good faith or honour its undertakings. Accordingly, on the battlefield its resources, arms and proxies must be defeated, the source emphasizes. Only then can there be negotiations on end-of-war terms for the Ukrainian territory remaining after military capitulation. For there to be any hope of an agreement which the Americans will not aim to subvert, the US must be subordinated to an international framework of Europe-wide security. This is what the draft treaties spell out in comprehensive detail. Read the draft treaties for the US and for NATO of December 17, 2021, here, along with a line by line analysis.
On end of war terms in the Ukraine, the Moscow source says “there is a sequence which the westerners haven’t mentioned yet. It will start with [Vladimir] Zelensky’s resignation and an election for a government in Kiev. Russians will give a sigh of relief if Trump ensures a new election. This process could last six months. Everything else follows from there. For Russia’s economic security there must be the restoration of Nord Stream and the lifting of sanctions on Swift and on restoring Russian airline connectivity. There’s no point if we achieve the goals of the SVO [Special Military Operation] militarily and do not require the dismantlement of sanctions. We aren’t winning this war against the Americans on the Ukraine front in order to let them defeat us on the other fronts they have chosen to fight us.” https://johnhelmer.net/jcs-chief-general-charles-brown-just-proved-that-nothing-short-of-ukraines-surrender-is-negotiable-with-the-us-thats-capitulation-not-negotiation/#more-90788 Orban blames Biden for Ukraine conflict
US interference triggered the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. His comments come after Moscow accused Washington of lacking “common sense and restraint” in its approach to the conflict…
..”America is one of the main players in this war. Without America, this war would never have happened. Ukraine would not have been able to resist without America’s support,” the prime minister said, as quoted by the Magyar Nemzet newspaper.
According to official figures, as of September 30, Washington had allocated a total of nearly $183 billion in aid for Ukraine, with $130.1 billion committed and $86.7 billion disbursed.
Current US President Joe Biden wants to increase the scale of the conflict, Orban claimed, while President-elect Donald Trump is “pro-peace.”https://swentr.site/news/608839-orban-blames-biden-ukraine-conflict/ Hungary Vows to Block EU Budget Draft Unless Frozen Funds Released
The European Union withheld some 7.5 billion euros worth of payments to Hungary from the shared budget in September 2022 over alleged rule-of-law shortcomings, but Budapest’s blocking of EU funding for Ukraine’s war effort prompted Brussels to release some of the funds to Hungary in December.
Hungary will veto the European Union’s next seven-year budget draft unless it receives all blocked funds from the bloc’s budget, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. https://sputnikglobe.com/20241206/hungary-vows-to-block-eu-budget-draft-unless-frozen-funds-released-1121106942.htmlLeader of Jihadist Rebels in Syria Declares “Diversity is a Strength”
Not the Babylon Bee.
https://modernity.news/2024/12/06/leader-of-jihadist-rebels-in-syria-declares-diversity-is-a-strength/Damn! This won’t let me do this (and only this) again. The software hates Military Summary.
Dima nails it in the first 6:30 minutes this evening. The prophecy of the world being divided by war, after Damascus falls, in the year of the Dragon, is coming true, despite best intentions of Russia and Iran, who are working “with” Turkey to “prevent terrorists from taking over”.
Doctorow has this now:
My experience as a talking head on the Syrian crisis for WION, India’s premier global broadcaster
The news coming out of Syria suggests that the regime of Bashar al-Assad is in retreat and may lose the match. Today’s Daily Telegraph in the U.K. informs us that he has evacuated his family to Moscow. The BBC insists that the country’s third largest city, Homs, will be the next major city to fall to the rebels following closely on the loss of Aleppo and Hama. Now Damascus itself appears to be their next prey.There are also reports that the Russians have moved their naval ships out to sea from their base in the port of Tartus. Sergei Lavrov was asked about this today by journalists who were following him during his visit to Qatar, and he confirmed the ships’ departure but said it was for participation in military exercises in the Mediterranean. That answer does not raise confidence that the Russians will try hard this time to prevail in Syria.
Thanks for putting effort into chasing the Assad-fast-fade story jb-hb. I appreciate your efforts, and it is good form to look shit up, rather than to just react. This moved fast overnight.
I had looked at the Orlov interview with Nima. Orlov looked and sounded worse than usual, and running on fumes… He’s not well, and he was badly off-target.
I had found the ZH story when it came up, and considered it confirmatory to Dima’s take at Military Summary.
Gilbert Doctorow has a transcript up with a statement from the meeting of foreign ministers of Iraq, Iran and Syria, which says nothing, certainly not that Iran or Iraq will defend Syria:Transcript of Press TV panel discussion on Syrian crisis, 6 December
The trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq and Syria had three messages. First, a message of support to the nation and government of Syria in their fight against Takfiri terrorist groups, which are carrying out attacks in Syria as part of an American-Israeli conspiracy. Second message is that the threat of terrorism in Syria is a threat to the whole region and resurgence of terrorist groups like Daesh can endanger other regional countries.
Third message is that there should be no discrimination in fighting terrorism and fighting terrorists in Syria is an international obligation. Therefore, countries that are silent regarding the spread of terrorism in Syria are supported, are responsible and must answer why they only fight terrorists where it serves their interests and ignore them at other places. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/12/07/transcript-of-press-tv-panel-discussion-on-syrian-crisis-6-december/It looks like there will be a lot by tomorrow.
Daniel Penny Show Trial: Judge Allows Prosecution to Swap Out Charge in Bid to Secure a Conviction
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64765 Reiner is treated like Julian Assange. The Ongoing Dehumanization And Abuse Of Reiner Fuellmich: “He Feels Worse And Worse,” Says His Lawyer, Amidst Abuses That Meet Definition Of Torture. https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/the-ongoing-dehumanization-and-abuse
DNA Contamination in Pfizer COVID Vaccines Up to Four Times Legal Limits, Study Finds
The peer-reviewed study published this week also found SV40 DNA contaminants in the vaccines, and the researchers also determined that the spike proteins produced by the vaccines persist in the body longer than claimed. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/dna-contamination-pfizer-covid-vaccines-four-times-legal-limit/Known since spring 2020: Study: Lack of Sunshine and Lower Vitamin D Levels Associated with Higher COVID-19 Infection & Death Rates https://www.trialsitenews.com/a/study-lack-of-sunshine-and-lower-vitamin-d-levels-associated-with-higher-covid-19-infection-death-rates-57d57a80
Sudden onset of preterm labor is the biggest risk. RSV Vaccination in Pregnancy: Balancing Infant Protection with Maternal and Fetal Risks
A recent meta-analysis led by Dr. Greg J. Marchand, in collaboration with Fayoum University and the McCullough Foundation, found that Pfizer’s prefusion F protein-based vaccine called RSVpreF (AbrysvoTM) reduced severe RSV-related illnesses in infants but increased preterm delivery risks by 24%.…
..Authors, “We found many maternal side effects were more prevalent in the RSVpreF group, with more local reactions, blood disorders, fatigue, joint pain, cardiac disorders, headache, fever, gastrointestinal disorders and pregnancy complications,” the article stated. [Me: RSV-“croup” risks are remarkably low for breastfed infants of non-smokers.] …
..In high-income nations with robust care for mothers and infants, the risks associated with preterm labor may very well outweigh the benefits of maternal RSV vaccination. https://www.trialsitenews.com/a/rsv-vaccination-in-pregnancy-balancing-infant-protection-with-maternal-and-fetal-risks-7be4b724 CDC Recommends New Hep B Vaccine for Pregnant Women, Removes Warning on Lack of Safety Data
Experts who spoke with The Defender said the vaccines recommended for pregnant women are often risky and ineffective and long-term safety data are lacking. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-hep-b-vaccine-pregnant-women-lack-safety-data/Lebanon death toll hits 4,047 as Israel continues to violate ceasefire https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/04/738486/Lebanon-death-toll-Israel-Hezbollah-ceasefire
Thursday: Israel has violated Lebanon ceasefire on 129 occasions https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241205-israel-has-violated-lebanon-ceasefire-on-129-occasions/
The Israeli military on Thursday launched an attack near Lebanese Civil Defense members recovering bodies from clashes between Hezbollah and Israel by the border, forcing paramedics to leave the area. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2581961/middle-east
Meryl Nass MD: Pandemic Treaty negotiators conclude their week-long meeting in Geneva right now without an agreement. Ding Dong the Treaty is dead!
The continuation of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body’s (INB’s) “resumed” session of its 12th official meeting is yet another dud https://merylnass.substack.com/p/pandemic-treaty-negotiators-conclude Reiner is treated like Julian Assange. The Ongoing Dehumanization And Abuse Of Reiner Fuellmich: “He Feels Worse And Worse,” Says His Lawyer, Amidst Abuses That Meet Definition Of Torture. https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/the-ongoing-dehumanization-and-abuse
Nearly 130,000 children under 10 are trapped in northern Gaza without access to food and medicine https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-12-04-130k-children-under-10-trapped-northern-gaza.html
Northern Gaza receives no food for over 50 days — UN agency
According to the World Food Program, almost 2.2 mln people are facing severe food shortages in Palestine https://tass.com/world/1882571Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 48 Palestinians Over 24 Hours, Israel again targeted Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, killing a 16-year-old in a wheelchair https://news.antiwar.com/2024/12/05/israeli-attacks-on-gaza-kill-48-palestinians-over-24-hours/
US Denies Amnesty’s Conclusion That Israel Is Committing Genocide. Amnesty International is calling on the US to end military aid to Israel https://news.antiwar.com/2024/12/05/us-denies-amnestys-conclusion-that-israel-is-committing-genocide/
Jonathan Cook, Biden and Starmer Are Destroying International Law to Protect Israel’s Genocide https://www.unz.com/jcook/biden-and-starmer-are-destroying-international-law-to-protect-israels-genocide/
Will Trump Keep Or Break His Vow To Release The Secret JFK Records? https://www.zerohedge.com/political/will-trump-keep-or-break-his-vow-release-secret-jfk-records
Incoming FBI Director Kash Patel Releases ’60 Deep State Names’ He’s Going After https://www.dailyfetched.com/incoming-fbi-director-kash-patel-releases-60-deep-state-names-hes-going-after/Note: Please add to list. Corrupt Secret Service Head Avoids Answering Questions About Role in Trump Assassination https://joehoft.com/fireworks-corrupt-secret-service-head-avoids-answering-questions-about-role-in-trump-assassination/
Me too. I’m “monitoring sigint”. Tulsi Gabbard a ‘regular reader’ of RT – ABC News
Trump’s pick for intelligence chief reportedly kept accessing the Russian site even after Washington branded it ‘propaganda’ https://swentr.site/news/608823-tulsi-gabbard-reads-rt/Women, children ‘incinerated’ in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza’s al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’ ; 20 killed, dozens wounded https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/05/738512/Israel-aristrike-kill-gaza-almawasi-safe-zone
The bribe is still way too small. Ukraine Firmly Rejects US Calls to Lower Conscription Age To 18 https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ukraine-firmly-rejects-us-calls-lower-conscription-age-18
Full Lavrov-Tucker Interview: US & Russia Need To Cooperate ‘For The Sake Of The Universe’
Tucker Carlson: Minister Lavrov, thank you for doing this. Do you believe the United States and Russia are at war with each other right now?
Sergey Lavrov: I wouldn’t say so. And in any case, this is not what we want. We would like to have normal relations with all our neighbors, of course, but generally with all countries especially with the great country like the United States. And President Vladimir Putin repeatedly expressed his respect for the American people, for the American history, for the American achievements in the world, and we don’t see any reason why Russia and the United States cannot cooperate for the sake of the universe.
Tucker Carlson: But the United States is funding a conflict that you’re involved in, of course, and now is allowing attacks on Russia itself. So that doesn’t constitute war?
Sergey Lavrov: Well, we officially are not at war. But what is going on in Ukraine is that some people call it hybrid war. I would call it hybrid war as well, but it is obvious that the Ukrainians would not be able to do what they’re doing with long-range modern weapons without direct participation of the American servicemen. And this is dangerous, no doubt about this.
We don’t want to aggravate the situation, but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia as it were, we are sending signals. We hope that the last one, a couple of weeks ago, the signal with the new weapon system called Oreshnik was taken seriously.
In the context of these statements he invoked the undesired and catastrophic possibility of the standoff between Russia and NATO entering nuclear territory:
“The message which we wanted to send in testing, in real action, this hyper sonic system is that we will be ready to do anything to defend our legitimate interest. We hate even to think about war with the United States which will take nuclear character… [but] since some people in Washington … seem to be not very capable to understand [Russia’s interests], we will send additional messages if they don’t draw necessary conclusions.”
And other interesting moment came when the top Russian diplomat outlined his country’s motives in Ukraine vs. Washington’s…
“They fight to maintain global hegemony over every region, while we fight for our legitimate security interests. Senator Lindsey Graham even said Ukraine’s rare earth metals must not be left to Russia—openly admitting their goal is resource exploitation. They support a regime willing to give away natural and human resources. We fight for the people whose ancestors built and developed these lands for centuries.”
“In any case, this is not what we wanted,” he elsewhere said on the question of war. “We would like to have normal relations with all our neighbors—but generally, with all countries, especially a great country like the United States.”
…”We don’t see any reason why Russia and the United States cannot cooperate together for the sake of the universe,” Lavrov emphasized in a key moment. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/full-lavrov-carlson-interview-us-russia-need-cooperate-sake-universe Ryabkov: Russia is ready to consider Trump’s proposals on Ukraine, but there is a condition
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow is ready to consider proposals from US President-elect Donald Trump regarding a settlement in Ukraine, but it will not sacrifice its own interests in the process. https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7346774?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wappYou will vote again, until you get it right. Romanian Court Annuls Vote, Declares Presidential Election Do-Over, After ‘Far Right, Pro Russian’ Candidate On Top https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/romanian-court-annuls-vote-declares-presidential-election-do-over-after-far-right-pro
I think there is a machine to sign official documents for him now. Biden Contemplates “Preemptive Pardons”
America is now closely resembling the weird world of Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel Catch-22. https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/biden-contemplates-preemptive-pardonsHow the US and Israel Quietly Revived Al-Qaeda Allies in Syria’s Idlib Offensive https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/05/how-the-us-and-israel-quietly-revived-al-qaeda-allies-in-syrias-idlib-offensive/
Abandoned by the retreating Syrian army: Massive haul: 10 Russian aircraft and 154 tanks captured in days https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/12/05/massive-haul-10-russian-aircraft-and-154-tanks-captured-in-days/
Russia, China Tell Their Citizens To Evacuate Syria Immediately https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-china-tell-their-citizens-evacuate-syria-immediately
Imperial systems are stressed everywhere. Gilbert Doctorow interviewed: How Hardline Pro-US Policies Fuel Political Earthquakes in S. Korea, France and Germany https://sputnikglobe.com/20241206/how-hardline-pro-us-policies-fuel-political-earthquakes-in-s-korea-france-and-germany-1121108803.html
Judging Freedom Transcript 12/5/24 Napolitano & Doctorow:
Where do you see all this going? How is Ukraine going to come to an end? The government will collapse, Zelensky will flee, either alive or dead. The military will probably collapse before Trump becomes president of the United States, no?
Doctorow:
I agree with that scenario. There are those of my colleagues were speaking as if this can happen tomorrow. Well, maybe it won’t happen tomorrow, but it can certainly happen in the coming weeks. The Russians have shown on the latest television, finally, some diagrams, moving diagrams, showing what they’ve achieved in the last month, or six weeks. Because you listen to the daily news accounts, and this town is under fire, and that, and you can’t make any sense of it, frankly speaking. But they made sense of it. Their role, their move westward towards the Dnieper is dramatic, and the likelihood [is] a collapse of the Ukrainian forces when the Russians bring in 150,000 or more men that they have waiting and prepared for a major offensive, I don’t see how the Ukrainians could withstand that. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/12/06/transcript-of-judging-freedom-edition-of-5-december-2024/NATO BRIICS Nihilistic Omni-War https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/nato-briics-nihilistic-omni-war
The “Syrian Civil War” began in March of 2011, essentially because Syria would not facilitate passage of a natural gas pipeline from Qatar to Europe, to marginalize Russia and Iran in that important energy-supply trade, a Pipeline war by proxy mercenaries, funded and supplied by the CIA, Qatar, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Saudi Arabia has withdrawn support now.
After 2015, when Russia intervened to save Syria, there were 5 years of war where the Syrian Arab Army fought Turkish, Kurdish/American, ISIS and Israeli forces to a point of ceasefire, with foreign backed forces encamped upon the oilfields and best farmland of Syria, where they have been preparing a major offensive since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. That has now been sprung, after Ukrainian trainers taught the Salafist mercenaries how to use reconnaissance and attack drones against fixed positions, in lightening-advance strikes.
The “realpolitik” of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly Nusa Front, has been facilitated by Israel, Qatar and NATO countries, making deals ahead of time to advance into cities rapidly, without any resistance from local power-brokers. Syrian Arab Army forces have had to retreat and retreat, abandoning cities without resistance, their communications completely blacked-out by electronic interference, unprepared for this kind of warfare. They have to hold the line at Homs, or Syria will be cut off from the Mediterranean, and Russia may lose their base at Tartus. This is existential for Syria, for Hezbollah and the Resistance Axis, and for Iran, just as it is also a last sprint for battle-fatigued and over-extended Israeli military forces.
Russia and Iran will supposedly sign their mutual defense pact about the time that Trump takes office, but they will already have to save Syria in this next week or so. Airstrikes are not doing it against this massive, well-planned, well prepared and funded, motorized push to overrun Syria, while Russia and Hezbollah are otherwise busily occupied. elsewhere.
Iran has sent special forces advisors, and will need to send ground forces rapidly, but also knows that they are expected by Israel and the US, and will be hit hard. If Iran escalates “too hard”, then Israel will draw in the US directly against Iran, as is their long term strategic plan. Neocons in the US seem to want this, and see their chances at their kind of “success” rapidly fading in coming weeks, if they do not act decisively to create this major war, which Trump will have to accept as an existing fact. How much advanced air-defense, of the S400 and Iranian counterparts variety, will Iran be able to bring into play against the Israeli air force? It will be vulnerable, but necessary to the effort.
What more can Russia do? Russia has drone and electronic warfare expertise, but is using all of that to advance rapidly in Novorussiya (Eastern Ukraine). The mutual defense treaty which Russia and North Korea signed went into actual effect Wednesday. (I didn’t know that it had a start-timer on it.) That does open the door to North Korean troops helping out against the Ukrainian forces which invaded Russia, and are having a hard time holding territory, while taking heavy losses.
This is also existential for the western Banking + NATO empire, which makes this into World War-3, whatever specific forms it may take as it progresses. European and US arms of various sorts are already badly depleted, and production has never been able to approach battlefield needs in the Ukrainian war-of-attrition in men, tanks, drones, missiles and artillery shells. Draining Russia into the Mideast is clearly appealing, and capturing Syria would cut the axis-of-resistance into pieces without connections and supply lines. Can Iranian supply lines to Hezbollah be definitively cut before Salafist mercenaries, who have no real home, are exhausted? The NATO-proxy blitzkrieg-with-drones-and-electronic-warfare has not been impeded yet.
Time is very short to stop this decisive ground invasion. This is bound to escalate rapidly, of necessity all-around. Both sides, BRIICS and US/Israel/NATO are fully-committed.
Will China get involved? Now would be the time to supply a bunch of drones and operators… The comprehensive strategic partnership treaty between Russia and North Korea came into force on December 4, according to information on the official publication website of Russian legal acts. https://eu.eot.su/2024/12/05/russia-north-korea-defense-treaty-comes-into-force/
Pepe Escobar has the best big-picture of this I have seen, and has been following it since 2010. The Syria riddle: How it may turn into the First BRICS War https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/12/04/the-syria-riddle-how-it-may-turn-into-the-first-brics-war/
A depressed Pepe spends almost an hour talking to Nima about this “Omni-war” advance in Syria: Pepe Escobar: Russia & Iran Ready to Obliterate HTS in Syria? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5S5md0JsZQ
Here is Pepe’s fresh article, which he mentions in the interview. Pepe Escobar: The Syria Tragedy and the New Omni-War
Until recently, a serious geopolitical working hypothesis was that West Asia and Ukraine were two vectors of the standard Hegemon modus operandi, which is to incite and unleash Forever Wars. Now both wars are united in an Omni-War.
A coalition of Straussian neo-cons in the US, hardcore revisionist Zionists in Tel Aviv and Ukrainian neo-nazi shades of grey is now betting on a Final Confrontation – with several overtones ranging from expanding lebensraum to provoking the Apocalypse. What stands in their way is essentially two of the top BRICS: Russia and Iran.
China, self-protected by their collective lofty dream of “community of a shared future for mankind”, warily watches on the sidelines, as they know that at the end of the road, the true “existential” war by the Hegemon will be against them.
Meanwhile, Russia and Iran need to mobilize for Totalen Krieg. Because that’s what the enemy is launching...
..The problem is that freezing the war in 2020, with direct implication by Russia, Iran and (reluctantly) Turkiye, did not solve the “moderate rebel” problem. Now they’re back – in full force, supported by a vast Rent-a-Jihadi mob, with NATOstan Intel behind them.
Some things never change.
2012. Jake Sullivan, then an aide to Hillary Clinton: “AQ [al-Qaeda*] is on our side in Syria.”
2021. James Jeffrey, special envoy to Syria under Trump (2018-2020): “HTS [Hayat Tahrir al-Sham*] is an asset to the US’s strategy in Idlib.”
There could not be better timing for the revival of the HTS “asset”. HTS if filling an enormous void; beware when that happens in West Asia. Russia is fully concentrated on Ukraine. Hezbollah suffered heavily from Tel Aviv’s bombings and serial killing. Tehran is fully concentrated on how to deal with Trump 2.0. https://sputnikglobe.com/20241206/pepe-escobar-the-syria-tragedy-and-the-new-omni-war-1121108341.htmlCEO Assassin May Have Used ‘Covert-Type’ Weapon – Took Greyhound Bus To NYC Last Month
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/suspected-ceo-assassin-arrived-nyc-bus-last-month-stayed-hostelJurors In Daniel Penny Trial Say They Can’t Reach Unanimous Verdict On Manslaughter Charge https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jurors-daniel-penny-trial-say-they-cant-reach-unanimous-verdict-manslaughter-charge
It might never have gone down like this if Daniel Penny was transgender, instead of being such a stand-up straight-white-guy…
Times of India: Russia Will Consider Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan But Will Not Compromise On National Interests
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/russia-will-consider-trumps-ukraine-peace-plan-but-will-not-compromise-on-national-interests/videoshow/116018621.cmsThe most comprehesive study on Vax DNA sails through peer review.
There are several aspects of this paper that are worth reviewing in detail. The paper not only settles some of the methods debate ongoing in the field regarding how to best quantitate the DNA in these vaccines, but it also transfects HEK cells with the vaccines and demonstrates the spike expresses for longer than 7 days and it doesn’t stay parked on the cell membrane. It get packaged and into exosomes and presumably exported all over the body.
This is an important finding as exosomes are exhaled and exported to the surface of the skin. This has major implications for the shedding story. If these exosomes contain plasmids, then the gig is up. That implies transmissible and potentially replication competent DNA that encodes spike protein and SV40 components. https://anandamide.substack.com/p/the-most-comprehesive-study-on-vax Jessica Rose Ph.D. A new paper confirms presence of DNA in COVID-19 shot vials, settles issues pertaining to DNA quantification methods, shows spike persistence and exosomal shuttling (shedding). And this was done in human cells…
Ulrike Kämmerer, Verena Schulz and Klaus Steger have just published what might be the paper of the century entitled: “BioNTech RNA-Based COVID-19 Injections Contain Large Amounts Of Residual DNA Including An SV40 Promoter/Enhancer Sequence”. It got through peer review on December 3, 2024 and it confirms much of what has already been evidenced and answers many questions lingering in the background. https://jessicar.substack.com/p/a-new-paper-confirms-presence-of Sasha Latypova, The “old” poisoning tech found in the mRNA vials.
Massive quantities of undisclosed protein found in mRNA vials indicating severe risk of anaphylactic/allergic/autoimmune reactions. https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/its-the-proteins-the-old-poisoningSo please accept as our “gift”, this injection which will induce your body to make and release spike-protein into your blood for weeks to months each time…
Massive Spike Protein Pathogenicity Research Library Published
Over 250 peer-reviewed scientific studies confirm that the Spike protein is highly pathogenic on its own. https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/massive-spike-protein-pathogenicityMeryl Nass MD on things that don’t grow in our gardens: Various other things being done to our food that are not well known/ Ray Flores, and I add a few. We need to determine the safety of all these food additives. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/various-other-things-being-done-to
It was quick & easy. Meryl Nass MD: With a few clicks, you can support RFK, Jr.’s nomination for DHHS Sec. or wish Tony Fauci a happy birthday (via the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) It’s your choice! https://merylnass.substack.com/p/with-a-few-clicks-you-can-support
Steve Kirsch, Australian excess deaths are highly correlated with the number of booster vaccinations
Booster shots correlated strongly with excess deaths. Changing the number of unvaccinated people didn’t change the excess deaths. Who would have guessed? Executive summary
This paper, The correlation between Australian Excess Deaths by State and Booster Vaccinations, published in the peer reviewed scientific literature in July 2024, showed:
a strong correlation between the number of booster shots, total vaccinations, and recent vaccination relative to excess deaths
the more shots, the more COVID cases
the booster shots kill approximately 1 person per 1,182 which validates our estimates of 1 per 1,000 killed by the shots. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/australian-excess-deaths-are-highly Peter McCullough MD: Parents Hesitant to Vaccinate Children for COVID-19
Up to 95% Rates of Resistance to Unsafe, Ineffective, and Unnecessary mRNA Vaccines in Children https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/parents-hesitant-to-vaccinate-children Peter Hotez Predicts Outbreaks Will Start on January 21. Unhinged vaccine fetishist implies that microbiology is on a political timetable.
FLASHBACK:
On January 11, 2017, Dr. Anthony Fauci gave a talk on pandemic preparedness at Georgetown University in which he stated: ‘No doubt’ Trump will face surprise infectious disease outbreak. https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/peter-hotez-predicts-outbreaks-will Thanks to Meryl Nass MD: Henry Lamb: The UN’s 1995 ‘Global Neighbourhood’ plan for a One World Government
In 1996, Henry Lamb exposed the UN’s plan to take over the world using a book the UN had published the year before. The title of the book is ‘Our Global Neighbourhood’.
Written by 28 “experts” the book describes a global taxation scheme to fund the UN’s operations; a standing UN army; an Economic Security Council; UN authority over the global commons, expanded authority for the Secretary-General and much more. By 1996, some of the plans had already been implemented. https://expose-news.com/2024/12/03/uns-global-neighbourhood-plan/”Death Eaters”? JK Rowling Got thousands of threats of murder, rape and violence
“I’ve been sent thousands of threats of murder, rape and violence. A trans woman posted my family’s home address with a bomb-making guide. My eldest child was targeted by a prominent trans activist who attempted to doxx her and ended up doxxing the wrong young woman. I could write a twenty thousand word essay on what the consequences have been to me and my family, and what we’ve endured is NOTHING compared to the harm done to others.”
“By standing up to a movement that relies on threats of violence, ostracisation, and guilt-by-association, all of us have been smeared and defamed, but many have lost their livelihoods. Some have been physically assaulted by trans activists. Female politicians have been forced to hire personal security on the advice of police.” https://www.independentsentinel.com/jk-rowling-sent-thousands-of-threats-of-murder-rape-and-violence/ Swansea mother ‘traumatised’ by arrest under Terrorism Act
Emma Kamio describes ‘abuse’ of act after daughter’s alleged involvement in action against Israeli arms company
Kamio said she was initially taken to Swansea police station on 6 August and then to Bristol. She said her daughter Leona, 29, who lives in London, was brought from a different police station in Bristol and both were put in cages in the back of van, from which they could not see each other, for a high-speed blue-lights journey.
“I can’t tell you how terrifying that was,” Kamio said. “I just had one hand on the panel and my foot up against the front to brace myself, because there was no lap strap or seatbelt, and all I kept thinking was one wrong move and my [other] children lose their mother and sister in one hit. Just hearing a blue light and a siren [now], my whole stomach is back to that 120mph down the motorway.”
She said the cell in Newbury that she was initially placed in for two days had “the last occupant’s old dried faeces encrusted around the toilet”, and she was searched every time she left the cell (as was the cell) and again when she re-entered...
..“I knew I was going into shock,” she said. “I was fine for a couple of days and then I noticed I was shaking, I couldn’t stand. You feel like an animal in a cage once they take your belongings off you, that’s the only way I could describe it.”
“They took five days to ascertain that I was innocent. I was eventually released without charge, without my belongings and without an apology, left on the streets of Newbury in my scrubs.” https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/02/swansea-mother-traumatised-by-arrest-under-terrorism-act Facts not in question… UK Podcaster Faces Prison For Saying “Young White Girls Are Being Raped by These Grooming Gangs”
Prosecutors said Heggie’s comments were “particularly inflammatory” in the context of the riots and he is still being remanded in custody as he awaits sentencing later this month. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uk-podcaster-faces-prison-saying-young-white-girls-are-being-raped-these-grooming-gangsRadioactive-Gold: Uranium Mining Revival Portends Nuclear Renaissance In Texas & Beyond https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/uranium-mining-revival-portends-nuclear-renaissance-texas-beyond
Patel wants to go after corruption in upper management, not investigators. Influential retired FBI leader says agents back Kash Patel as next director: ‘He’s the right fix’
“This guy is completely and 100% qualified to run that organization. He’s what’s needed today. He’s the right fix,” retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Jeff Danik told Just the News in a wide-ranging interview Monday.
While Democrats and news media critics have suggested that Patel was selected to be a loyalist seeking revenge on Trump foes, Danik noted Patel’s extensive career experience, which includes stints as a federal public defender, federal prosecutor, counterterrorism director at the National Security Council, senior counsel to the House Intelligence Committee and chief of staff to both the Defense Secretary and the Director of National Intelligence.
“He has the correct balance, in my view, having been there for almost 30 years,” Danik said of Patel. “He has the correct balance of prosecutor, which is what we do. We feed the prosecution tube. Defense attorney, so the other side of that coin. Intelligence, the intelligence agencies, which is a key element to the FBI’s either success or failure.” “And then also, I think this is personal, that he’s been a victim himself of the system,” Danik said. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/influential-retired-fbi-leader-says-agents-back-kash-patel-next”It’s a great big exclusive club and you’re not in it.” Fauci, Schiff, And Cheney May Receive ‘Preemptive Pardons’ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fauci-schiff-and-cheney-may-receive-preemptive-pardons
Thanks Cat. I read the details. It is really actual, ongoing torture Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Is Still Being Tortured in Prison by the Spiteful Biden Regime https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/exclusive-proud-boys-chairman-enrique-tarrio-still-being/
A well planned professional-criminal style hit… Who needed him dead? Why? Horrific Video Shows Assassination Of UnitedHealthcare CEO In Midtown Manhattan https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ceo-unitedhealthcare-killed-alleged-targeted-attack-manhattan
Trump Team Refutes Reports Claiming He Will Immediately Discharge Transgender Military Troops https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-team-refutes-reports-claiming-he-will-immediately-discharge-transgender-military
Some Israelis are principled humanitarians. Palestinians in Hebron suffer ‘routine’ physical, sexual violence at hands of Israeli soldiers, B’Tselem finds https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241203-palestinians-in-hebron-suffer-routine-physical-sexual-violence-at-hands-of-israeli-soldiers-btselem-finds/
Hamas Responds to Trump’s Threat, Says It Should Be Directed at Netanyahu
The president-elect said there would be ‘all hell to pay’ if the hostages weren’t released by his inauguration https://news.antiwar.com/2024/12/03/hamas-responds-to-trumps-hostage-threat-says-it-should-be-directed-at-netanyahu/ Israel Again Bombs Lebanon as Netanyahu Says War Is Not Over
An Israeli strike on Tuesday killed a shepherd, bringing the total number of Lebanese killed by Israel since the ‘ceasefire’ went into effect to 15
Israeli strikes included an attack on the town of Shebaa, which killed a shepherd. According to The Associated Press, the death brought the total number of people killed by Israel in Lebanon since last Wednesday to 15. https://news.antiwar.com/2024/12/03/israel-again-bombs-lebanon-as-netanyahu-says-war-is-not-over/ Tuesday: Woman, child among civilians killed as Israeli attacks continue in Lebanese border area
Three Merkava tanks were spotted advancing toward Burj Al-Molouk, marking the first time an Israeli incursion has reached this area
Cautious calm prevailed in southern Lebanon following an intense night that shook the ceasefire agreement.
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Tuesday that diplomatic communications had intensified since Monday to stop Israeli violations of the ceasefire.
The Lebanese authorities documented 47 Israeli violations of the agreement as of Monday morning.
Hezbollah retaliated on Monday, targeting the Shebaa Farms and the Galilee.
The Israeli military responded by targeting southern villages where residents had just returned, killing six civilians, including a woman and a child in Haris, according to the Ministry of Health.
Two injured people were pulled from the rubble of their house. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2581688/middle-eastIsrael razes mosque in southern Lebanon amid continued ceasefire violations https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241203-israel-razes-mosque-in-southern-lebanon-amid-continued-ceasefire-violations/
The Jihadists Take 2nd Major Syrian City After Assad’s Army Withdraws
Hama has become the second major Syrian city to fall to the anti-Assad insurgents since the shock campaign based out of Idlib began last week. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/jihadists-take-2nd-major-syrian-city-after-assads-army-withdrawsStrategic objective? Russia’s Khmeimim base just 20 miles from advancing Syrian rebels https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/12/03/russias-khmeimim-base-just-20-miles-from-advancing-syrian-rebels/#google_vignette
What a deceitful serpent: Erdogan issues warning to Syria’s government. Ankara has said it backs Damascus but thinks “legitimate opposition” needs to be heard https://www.rt.com/news/608590-turkiye-syria-integrity-jihadists/
Israeli Attacks Kill at Least 36 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours, At least 12 were killed by an attack on a house in Beit Lahia
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed at least 36 Palestinians and wounded 96 in the previous 24-hour period as the daily US-backed slaughter continues.
The ministry only counts dead and wounded Palestinians who are brought to hospitals and morgues. “There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them,” the ministry said. https://news.antiwar.com/2024/12/03/israeli-attacks-kill-at-least-36-palestinians-in-gaza-over-24-hours/No food or clean water, We can count our own blessings: Over 60,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza ‘on verge of death’ as Israeli siege rages on https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/04/738450/Palestine-Israel-Gaza-war-Palestinian-civil-defense-Mahmoud-Basal-Palestinians-death-risk-situation-catastrophic-
South Korean opposition initiates president’s impeachment
The vote on the bill should be held within 24 to 72 hours from the time of its consideration at a plenary session https://tass.com/world/1881717 Most South Koreans support decision to impeach president, poll shows
The survey was conducted on Wednesday and polled 504 people over the age of 18 https://tass.com/world/1882501South Korea’s largest trade union to go on indefinite strike until president resigns https://tass.com/world/1881699
Watch: US A-10 ‘Warthog’ Filmed Engaged In Attacks Over Eastern Syria
The Pentagon is perhaps reluctant to comment, also just ahead of the new Trump administration taking office in January, given the fact that it’s waging a war in Syria – including the deployment of warplanes – with no Congressional debate or approval whatsoever.
We detailed earlier that on Monday a Syrian army officer told Reuters that Iraqi militia forces crossing the border are “fresh reinforcements being sent to aid our comrades on the frontlines in the north.” https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-10-warthog-filmed-engaged-attacks-over-eastern-syria Regular Iraqi army; not militias: Iraq Parliament Grants Prime Minister Authority to Enter Syria Conflict
Al-Sudani has already mobilized the Iraq army on the border with Syria.
Now, at any moment, he may issue the Order to enter Syria in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Iraq does not want an ISIS-like caliphate on its border. Therefore if Iraq enters, it will want to help Assad. https://sputnikglobe.com/20241204/at-least-400-militants-eliminated-during-attack-on-syrias-aleppo-idlib–russia-military-1121084648.htmlUS House speaker rules out more Ukraine aid. Republican Mike Johnson is opposed to a new $24 billion request from the White House https://swentr.site/news/608733-house-speaker-ukraine-aid/
It’s 2/3 vs 1/3, and the 1/3 are in the streets protesting for pay. Georgia’s top court refuses to annul election results
The country’s constitutional judges have thrown out lawsuits filed by the president and opposition parties https://www.rt.com/russia/608639-georgia-court-election-result/ Color-revolution tourism? Many Georgia protesters are foreigners – lawmaker
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze previously accused the West of trying to orchestrate a Maidan-like coup in the country
Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, Mdinaradze claimed that “30% of the people who were identified at the protests in Tbilisi are citizens of other countries.” https://swentr.site/russia/608730-georgia-protests-many-foreigners/ Martial Law lasted 6 hours. Why? South Korean troops leave parliament building in Seoul
Troops began leaving the South Korean parliament building after lawmakers voted for the abolition of martial law. https://en.topcor.ru/54229-juzhnokorejskie-voennye-pokidajut-zdanie-parlamenta-v-seule.htmlWar-hawk President Yoon stands alone… South Korea’s national security adviser resigns
South Korea’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Shin Won-sik was among senior presidential administration officials who decided to step down, the Yonhap news agency said. Earlier, the agency reported that senior administration officials – including advisers and presidential secretariat staffers – started to resign in the wake of the president’s decision to impose martial law. The measure lasted for less than six hours in total, and was revoked after the parliament voted to lift it. https://tass.com/world/1881665 US will have to pay much more (“weapons” = $) to kill all these younger Ukrainians: Ukraine Negotiating Plans to Draft 18-Year-Olds With US – Foreign Ministry
Tykhyi argued that Kiev did not see the scale of mobilization as the main problem. He insisted that Ukrainian armed forces lacked weapons to arm those already drafted. Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law in April to lower the conscription age from 27 to 25, prompting a public outcry. The government said in August that it had no plans to drop the draft age lower. A Ukrainian lawmaker said in September that the army had banned recruiting citizens under 25, who previously had the “fit for limited military service” status. https://sputnikglobe.com/20241204/ukraine-negotiating-plans-to-draft-18-year-olds-with-us—foreign-ministry-1121084502.html Multiple video angles of Russian Zircon missile launches and impact on a large ship in the current Mediterranean naval exercises.
First-ever image of Russia’s Zircon hypersonic missile emerges https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/12/03/first-ever-image-of-russias-zircon-hypersonic-missile-emerges/ After You, Annalena… German FM hints at troop deployment to Ukraine – media
Annalena Baerbock has reportedly said Berlin would support an international peacekeeping force in Ukraine “with all its strength” https://swentr.site/russia/608713-germany-ukraine-troop-deployment/ Ukraine will reject any alternative to NATO membership – Foreign Ministry
Kiev has renewed its push for an invitation to the US-led bloc ahead of a foreign ministers’ meeting this week https://swentr.site/russia/608630-ukraine-nato-security-guarantees/This is downright realistic: Trump has three plans for Ukraine – Reuters
All proposals include Kiev ceding land and giving up its NATO aspirations, the media outlet has claimed https://swentr.site/news/608725-trump-ukraine-zelensky-putin/Countdown Interrupted https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/countdown-interrupted
Tucker Carlson interviewed Sergei Lavrov, the longest serving foreign minister in the world. Translated interview will air soon.
World is now closer to nuclear war than ever before — US journalist Carlson
No one in Washington “is working to make sure that this conflict doesn’t become a nuclear holocaust,” the journalist said. https://tass.com/world/1881689Tucker’s brief video statement to that effect in Moscow, after interviewing Lavrov: https://tass.com/world/1881689
Gilbert Doctorow interview with transcript, A long chat with Free Canada: Dimitri Lascaris in Montreal
Do you think based upon statements coming out of the Russian Federation, that Russia will strike a Western military asset outside of Ukraine in response to a Ukrainian attack on Russia with Western supplied missiles? And if so, what kind of damage would such a Ukrainian attack have to inflict on Russia for Russia to respond in that manner? …
Doctorow: I think that may not be a measure that they entertain at all, considering what now seems to be their strategy. The strategy is to destroy the regime in Kiev. It is Mr. Zelensky, who is shaken thoroughly by the power of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile to destroy bunkers up to 200 meters deep. The sort of bunker that he finds refuge in, the sort of bunker that the American and West European generals are sitting in while they do the planning of the actions for the Ukrainian army.
In other words, he is the one who is amazingly vulnerable and he is not a member of NATO and he can be destroyed at will by the Russians. Therefore, the pressure point is really on Kiev right now and not on Berlin or London or Washington. This is much safer, it’s much less likely to lead us to a nuclear war, and it is the most efficient way of getting what the Russians want, which is regime change in Ukraine.
Another factor in this new strategy that I see is that they are not interested in waiting one minute for Mr. Trump to come to power. They are, by all of his recent appointments, by the outrageous statements of some of these appointments, they understand that nothing good will come with the inauguration of Mr. Trump. It is outlandish claims to be able to resolve the war by knocking heads together, by threatening the Russians. That is unacceptable.
It is not feasible, as the Russians understand, and there’s no reason to coddle him. So the pressure point is now on Kiev, And I think it will be felt. We will see. The Russians have not only destroyed some of the 20% of power generating facilities still standing in Ukraine in the last two weeks. But they’ve also attacked various bases where there were foreigners.
And when they knew there were foreigners, they killed a number of Frenchmen. They killed 40 Americans, they say, in another attack at another location in Ukraine. And they are showing their strength right now using missiles that are less capable but very efficient. The Iskander, this is a 500 kilometer range missile that is not hypersonic, but that gets the job done at rather low cost. And they’re saving their still rather few Oreshniks. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/12/03/a-long-chat-with-free-canada-dimitri-lascaris-in-montreal/ John Helmer with recent-historical analysis: THE INCITATUS PRECEDENT IN US STRATEGY, THE CALIGULA CURE IN RUSSIAN STRATEGY
There has never been a transition between US presidential administrations which has been so replete with new Washington-directed violence across the world. That’s to say, the escalation of wars already under way and the instigation of new ones to the furthest limits of the US empire’s reach.
As the Pentagon war-gaming of the Reagan Administration proved in secret, neither escalation of conventional war nor escalation to nuclear war can be controlled when Americans are running the game. That’s because Americans always think they have firepower superiority (aka shock and awe).
That this superiority has been defeated since 2022 with the destruction of every US weapon and operation plan on the Ukrainian battlefield has spurred the projection of Washington’s denial – that’s Freudian denial — to every other untested battlefield...
..The best ending to Cold War 2.0 can – and should – be the third option. This is the one which Russia originally had in mind in the guise of the USSR back in time, thirty-five years ago.
This finale can be formalized through a new agreement between Russia and the United States (as well as China, Iran and other Great Powers). As part of such an agreement, the parties will announce the end of the new cold war, but this time with a common understanding of the terms of their agreement. This will also be perceived in the United States as a defeat – but in fact it will be a universal victory.
The United States must abandon its claims to global hegemony and become a normal Great Power. One of the poles in a multipolar world. And in this multipolar system, the parties will combine both rivalry and cooperation in their relations with each other. And in this outcome, along with the second cold war the first one will be completely over. https://johnhelmer.net/the-incitatus-precedent-in-us-strategy-the-caligula-cure-in-russian-strategy/#more-90774Petty, juvenile and spiteful; hardly inspires respect…
Visa Already Issued by Malta For Russian FM Spokeswoman Canceled on Eve of OSCE MeetingElvis met Nixon, not Trump, though Nixon apparently took Trump under his wing after Jean Dixon predicted Trump would be POTUS some day…
Meryl Nass MD, Can schools just vaccinate children against the parents’ and child’s wishes? Vermont’s Supreme Court said yes. Will the US Supreme Court weigh in on this issue? The Supreme Court only takes 1% or less of cases it is asked to decide. This is a critically important case the court needs to take. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/can-schools-just-vaccinate-children
Steve Kirsch prefers collected-data to computer-models. House COVID report claims the COVID vaccines saved millions of lives by citing statistical models as the proof
Why they ignored direct measures of case rates and case fatality rates is a mystery to me. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/house-covid-report-claims-the-covid
